Colorimetric competitive inhibition method for the quantification of avidin, streptavidin and biotin. |
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| Authors: | Z Gan R R Marquardt |
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| Institution: | Department of Animal Science, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. |
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| Abstract: | A colorimetric competitive inhibition assay for avidin, streptavidin and biotin was developed. The method for avidin or streptavidin was based on the competitive binding between avidin or streptavidin and a streptavidin-enzyme conjugate for biotinylated dextrin immobilized on the surface of a microtitre plate. For biotin quantitation the competition is between free biotin and the immobilized biotin for the streptavidin-enzyme conjugate. The limits of detection which was determined as the concentration of competitor required to give 90% of maximal absorbency (100% inhibition) was approximately 20 ng/100 microl per assay for avidin and streptavidin and 0.4 pg/100 microl per assay for biotin. The methods are simple, rapid, highly sensitive and adaptable to high throughput analysis. |
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